Word: southborough
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world at large, the headmasters of three famed New England private schools are Dr. Samuel Smith Drury (St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.), the Rev. Endicott Peabody (Groton School, Groton, Mass.) and Dr. William Greenough Thayer of St. Mark's School (Southborough, Mass.). To thousands of affectionate graduates, hundreds of respectful schoolboys, they are and always will be known respectively as "The Drip," "Pee-bo," and "Twill." St. Marksmen were saddened to learn last week that "Twill" had resigned. He will leave his post before the autumn. Headmaster "Twill" has earned his rest...
...first year of the interscholastic games, only three schools competed. The events were run off at Southborough, St. Mark's Schol being the meet host. Among the events listed in this meet were the tug-of-war, throwing the baseball, and the one mile walk. The winner of the 100-yard dash tore down the cinders to break the tape in 10 4-5 seconds, only 4-5 of a second more than the present interscholastic record...
Born. To Mrs. Margaret Thayer Suydam, daughter of Headmaster William Greenough Thayer, of St. Mark's school, Southborough, Mass.; and to John R. Suydam, of St. Mark's faculty; a son. The boys of St. Marks loudly cheered, were accorded a full holiday in honor of the event...
Married. Robert H. Thayer, son of Headmaster William Greenough Thayer of famed St. Mark's School, Southborough, Mass.; to Virginia Pratt, granddaughter of the late Charles Pratt, founder of famed Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; in Manhattan...
Beebe prepared for college at St. Mark's School, in Southborough, and at Roxbury School in Cheshire, Connectieut. His first volume of poems, "Fallen Stars", was published in 1921, while he was still an undergraduate at Yale...